Buy a sticky thermometer, like the kind used for aquariums, and stick it on the outside of the bucket (sideways) at about the 4.5 gallon mark.
Yup. So will this (and there is no shipping). I have these and they work just fine. I don't do Lagers, so any temp. below 64 (the bottom of the scale on this one) is too cold.
Thanks...I appreciate the help. I think I'm about to order a wort chiller from Northern anyway, so shipping on the thermometer wouldn't be too big of a deal.
I was just surprised that it would give accurate readings from the outside of the bucket.
Why not put a sanitized thermometer with a long probe through the bung and monitor the internal temp? Similar to the thermometers used when frying things in a turkey fryer
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